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AP - Joyce DiDonato remembers the day a few weeks ago when she found out she was going to be given the Beverly Sills Artist Award. In her apartment near Lincoln Center, she wasn't getting good reception on her cell phone. More Info...  

Yahoo! Music - 38th Annual GMA Dove Award Recipients More Info...  

Reuters - The spoof heavy-metal band immortalized by the mock documentary "This is Spinal Tap" has reunited to join a campaign to save the world from global warming.

AP - Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews remembers hanging out at local jazz clubs with the Neville Brothers and knocking on the door of trumpeter Kermit Ruffins for help with a song he couldn't quite get.

AP - More than four years after a beautiful actress was shot to death at Phil Spector's hilltop castle, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday that at times the music producer is "sinister and deadly."

Reuters - Canadian pop singer Avril Lavigne went to No. 1 on both the album and singles charts in the United States, her label said Wednesday.

E! Online - The prosecution and defense agreed on one point: In court, Phil Spector is "Phillip" Spector.

AP - It's nothing but the best for Sean "Diddy" Combs and his fragrance Unforgivable Multi Platinum.

E! Online - It won't bring all their deceased drummers back to life, but Live Earth 2007 has served to reunite the surviving members of Spinal Tap.

Yahoo! Music - A coat worn by Coldplay frontman Chris Martin is set to go under the hammer to help raise funds for Oxfam's Darfur and Chad appeal. More Info...  

Yahoo! Music - Marilyn Manson has revealed the tracklisting for his new album, Eat Me, Drink Me. More Info...  

Yahoo! Music - The Police have announced details of a private fanclub show. More Info...  

E! Online - Avril Lavigne was the best damn thing on the charts this week. Literally.

E! Online - Any plans to send Willie Nelson to jail for drug possession have gone to pot.

Yahoo! Music - The Smiths' guitarist Johnny Marr has helped to write a song for the new Crowded House album. More Info...  

Yahoo! Music - Beyonce has been forced to delete a special version of her current album--following legal problems. More Info...  

Music News

AP - Willie Nelson and his tour manager were spared jail time Tuesday after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor count of marijuana possession.

AP - He was once the first tycoon of teen, the pop-music genius who legitimized rock 'n' roll by transforming its songs from primitive outlaw music to what he called "little symphonies for the kids."

AP - Four men and two women were seated Tuesday as alternate jurors for music producer Phil Spector's trial on a charge of murdering actress Lana Clarkson.

E! Online - Despite what she achieved with her bottom half, Heather Mills' top half never quite caught up.